This is a list of my favorite gluten-free products plus a few that were voted as best by other celiacs. Tastes are different, so you might find others you like better, but these are tried and true by me or other celiac patients.
Ener G pretzels
Glutino pretzels
Tinkyada pasta
Crunchmaster Multi-Grain Crackers Gluten Free – They have these in big boxes at Sam’s
Gluten Free Pantry French bread Mix
Bakery on main granola
Udi's bread, muffins and cinnamon rolls- forget even trying the other breads. The bagel makes a pretty nice hamburger bun, too.
Pocono Cream of Buckwheat – we love this as a replacement for cream of wheat and oatmeal in the mornings.
Corn Grits Polenta – this is another morning hot cereal that we love.
Isabella's Best Gourmet Gluten Free Pizza - found at Sam’s club in Oklahoma – can’t get it in Texas I don’t know about other areas. Contact your Sam’s and ask for it.
Glutino pizza at whole foods
Gillian’s French Rolls
Mission Brand tortilla chips - widely available at most grocery stores and Wal-Mart.
Xochitl tortilla chips – my family and I love these chips.
Kinnikinnick donuts – I love the yellow donut with chocolate icing, and the cinnamon sugar.
Trader Joe’s Frozen Pancakes – we don’t have a trader Joes here, but a friend used to mail them to me.
Trader Joe’s Waffles
Amy’s Mac and Cheese – ok, not my favorite – see below, but lots of people like it.
Kraft Cheddar cheese powder for Mac and cheese – I prefer this to Amy’s. I use Kinnikinnick pasta and this cheese powder and make it like kraft mac n cheese.
Lara Bars
Lundberg Rice chips
Joan's gluten-free Great Bakes – I have not personally tried these, as we don’t have it here.
Nut Thins (Almond)Cracker – not my favorite, but is good. Lots of people find this their favorite cracker.
Enjoy Life snicker doodles
Vann’s Waffles - glutenfree regular or blueberry – these are widely available in many mainstream grocery stores. Keep in mind that Vann's makes a gluten containing waffle as well, so make sure you are getting the gluten free.
Foods by George pizzas/pizza dough – the dough is frozen and comes in a ball. You have to thaw in the refrigerator for 24 hours prior to use.
Notta pasta – rice noodles – good for Chinese or Italian dishes.
Ian’s Popcorn Turkey Corn Dog Meal and Chicken Nugget Meat - great for kids.
Food Tec – These are great convenience foods. I take them with me traveling. I was not expecting much when I first tried them, as they are made by the easy bake oven mix people. You can order them directly through Food Tec, or through Amazon.com. There were two things that were not my favorites – the corn bread, which I find too sweet, and the frostings which I don’t like at all.
Hamburger buns – you must lightly toast these, but they make a great quick bun. I also use them for sandwiches, too.
Chocolate cake – great little quick cake
Spice cake or coffee cake – another great little cake
Chebe mixes – for rolls, pizza crust, cinnamon rolls. This is very easy to use and make.
Betty Crocker mixes – Chocolate cake, yellow cake, choc. Chip cookies, brownies. These are all very good, although some people have reported reactions possibly from cross contamination.
Pamela’s chocolate cake – I love, love, love this cake mix. It satisfies my hostess cupcake cravings too, I make them myself out of the cake mix. Did I say I love this mix?
Friday, June 25, 2010
Mainstream Gluten-Free food list (found in most grocery stores)
Here is a handy list of common items that are gluten-free and can be found in most local grocery stores. This is not an all inclusive list. There are other brands available that are gluten-free, but this list will get you started. You can research your favorite brands to see if they are gluten-free.
Keep in mind that formulas constantly change, so always read the label to make sure the item is still gluten-free.
Bacon― Oscar Meyer or Hormel
Baked Beans― B & M, Bush’s Ranch Style
Baking Choc. Chips― Nestlé, Hershey’s Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips – Caution – carmel and butterscotch chips are not gluten-free.
Baking Powder― Calumet, Rumford
Barbecue Sauce― Sweet Baby Rays (all), KC Masterpiece (some flavors), cattleman’s
Beans― Bush’s (not chili beans or chili starter), Ranch style
Beef Stew― Dinty Moore
Broth/Soup Base― Kitchen Basics, Progresso, Swanson’s
Cold Cuts (packaged) ― Boar’s Head (Bologna, Ham, Roast Beef, Turkey), Buddig Sandwich Meats, Oscar Mayer, Hormel Natural Choice Deli meats
Bouillon Cubes― Herb-Ox
Candy Bars― Snickers, Almond Joy, Mounds, Payday, M & M’s – plain & peanut, Baby Ruth, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups (except when in holiday shapes), Hershey Kisses, Butterfinger
Carnation Instant Breakfast – except malt flavor
Catsup― Heinz & Del Monte
Cheese― Most cheese is gluten free. You have to be careful with cheese spreads
Chili― Hormel with Beans - only the one with beans is gluten free, stagg chili
Chips― Cheetos, Cool Ranch Doritos, Corn Tostitos, Fritos (except Chili Cheese), Ruffles, Lundgren, mission, Xochitl tortilla chips , Fungyuns, Lays or ruffles regular potato chips (not flavored, not baked)
Coffee & Tea― flavored may contain gluten, otherwise it is gluten free
Cottage Cheese― most all plain cottage cheese
Crab― Leg-A-Sea Imitation avoid other imitation crab, fresh crab is fine
Cream Cheese― Philadelphia Cream Cheese
Cream Style Corn― Green Giant, Del Monte canned.
Dips― Tostitoes - Creamy Salsa, Creamy Spinach Dip, Creamy Southwestern Ranch Dip,
Monterey Jack Queso, Salsa Con Queso, Spicy Nacho Cheese Dip, Spicy Queso Supreme, Lays bean dip.
Dry Cereal― Erewhon’ s Crispy Brown Rice, Health Valley Rice Crunch Ems, Corn Crunch Ems; General Mills Rice Chex , Nature’s Path Cornflakes, Amaranth Flakes, Envirokidz Peanut Butter Panda Puffs, Amazon Frosted Flakes, Koala Crisp, Gorilla Munch; Perky O’s, fruity pebbles, trix, honey nut chex and other new chex cereals, Cocoa Pebbles
Dry Soup Mix― Lipton Dry Onion original only
Eggs – all fresh eggs are gluten-free, as are eggbeaters
Fruit― canned and fresh
Gelatin― Jell-O, Knox
Frozen Dinners―
Amy’s- frozen Cheese Enchilada dinner
Smart Ones-Broccoli & Cheddar Potatoes, Lemon Herb Chicken Piccata, Fiesta Chicken, Santa Fe Rice & Beans, Creamy Tuscan Chicken, Grilled Chicken in Garlic Herb Sauce, Home-Style Chicken, Chicken Santa Fe.
TGI Fridays - potato skins,
Jennie-O frozen or refrigerated - Oven Ready Turkey Breast (the gravy packet does contain gluten), Oven Ready Turkey: Homestyle, Garlic & Herb, Pan Roasts with Gravy: White, White/Dark Combo, Prime Young Turkey including Turkey Breasts; fresh or frozen (the gravy packet does contain gluten), Refrigerated Honey Cured Turkey Ham, Refrigerated Qtr Turkey Breasts: Oven Roasted, Honey Cured, Hickory Smoked, Cracked Pepper, Cajun-Style, Sun-Dried Tomato, Refrigerated Turkey Ham, Smoked Turkey Wings and Drumsticks, Slow Roasted Turkey Breast
Ground Beef ― 100% Pure – be careful with patties. Wal-Mart angus beef plain patties are gluten-free
Ham Slices― Cook’s, Oscar Meyer
Hot Dogs― Nathan’s, Hillshire, Oscar Meyer
Ice Cream (no cookie dough) ― (most vanilla ice cream is gluten free) Blue Bunny, Edy’s, Breyers, blue bell
Jams, Jellies & Preserves― Smucker’s, Welch’s
Ketchup- Heinz , Delmonte
Mayonnaise― Hellmann's Real, Kraft real, Kraft miracle whip and Duke’s squeeze bottles if others in house eat gluten
Mustard― French’s, Gulden’s, Grey Poupon country Dijon
Nuts― Plain/ salted, no flavors
Oil― Olive, Peanut, Canola, Safflower, Corn, coconut (unflavored oils)
Olives – plain olives are gluten free - stuffed olives may vary
Pam spray – regular, not baking pam
Pasta― Tinkyada, Notta Pasta, De Boles, Lundgren, schar
Peanut Butter― Jif, Peter Pan, Skippy
Pepperoni― Hormel
Potatoes – all fresh - plus the following frozen: Oreida potatoes – French fries, tater tots, Golden Patties, Golden Fries, Golden Crinkles, Pixie Crinkles , Cottage Fries, Southern Style Hash Browns, Country Style Steak Fries, Zesty Twirls, Potatoes O'Brien, French Fries, Country Style Hashbrowns, Steam N' Mash Cut Russets, Steam N' Mash Cut Sweet Potatoes, Steam N' Mash Garlic Seasoned Potatoes, Golden Twirls, Zesties, Steak Fries, Shoestrings, Country Style Hashbrowns, Crispers, Waffle Fries, Extra Crispy Crinkle Cut, Extra Crispy Seasoned Crinkle Cut, Extra Crispy Fast Food Fries, Country Fries, Fast Food Fries, Sweet Potato Fries.
Instant mashed potatoes from Sam’s – big red box (Idahoan)
Some walmart great value au gratin potatoes are gluten free and marked as such on the back of the box.
Powdered Drink Mixes― Country Time, Crystal Light
Pudding― Jell-O Instant, Cook & Serve
Pasta Sauces― all Classico, Prego, Ragu, & Pace - Check labels.
Pickles and olives― all are gluten free as far as I know just check the label
Pie Fillings― Comstock & Wilderness
Pizza Sauce― I use pasta sauce(Classico) and just cook it to thicken a bit - Contadina, Dei Fratelli
Popcorn― Plain – you can add popcorn salt such as Kraft cheese powder
Raisins― Dole, Sun Maid
Ranch style beans
Rice― Plain rice is gluten free flavored rice may or may not be gluten free - Basmati, Jasmine, white, brown, wild, Uncle Bens converted – not all the flavored but some.
Rice Cakes― Lundgren – avoid Quakers – popcorn cakes are an alternative - Orville Redenbacher's Sour Cream & Onion Popcorn Mini Cakes
Rice Noodles― Thai Kitchen Instant, Notta Pasta
Salad Dressings― Most ranch and Caesar dressings are gluten-free. Ken’s, Kraft, Light house, T Marzetti, Maries.
Sausage – Jimmy dean regular, Italian, or country. Williams patties, JC Potter Hormel little sizzlers breakfast sausages (original)
Salads in a Bag― I don’t buy it if there are croutons, even in a separate pouch, otherwise, they are fine.
Seasoned Salt― Lawry’s, Mrs. Dash
Seasoning Packet― Williams’s chili, McCormick’s Tex-mex chili and Original Taco seasoning.
Soda― Most mainstream soda pop is gluten free. Rootbeer can be the exception along with specialty drinks. Coke & Pepsi Products, sprite, 7-up, Barq’s Root Beer, A&W rootbeer, Dr. Pepper, Mountain Dew are all good.
Soft Serve Ice Cream (in a cup no cone) ― McDonald’s (all flavors), Dairy Queen (vanilla and chocolate) Frosty from Wendy’s all flavors
Soups― Progresso (many are gluten-free. Ingredient label will state allergens), Thai Kitchen Soups, Hormel® Microwaveable Cup Bean & Ham Soup, Hormel® Microwaveable Cup Chicken With Vegetables & Rice Soup
Sour Cream― Daisy, Morning Glory
Soy Sauce― La Choy
Spam
Spices― McCormick’s Pure read labels on mixed spices they will clearly list any gluten.
Spreads― most Butter and margarines, Blue Bonnet, I can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, Country Crock, Fleischmann’s, Imperial margarines
Summer Sausage― Johnsonville, Old Wisconsin, Hillshire
Syrups― pure maple syrup, Karo , log cabin country kitchen – this is the only safe log cabin.
Taco Sauce― Chi Chi’s , taco bell
Taco Shells and corn tortillas― Ortega Tostada, White Corn, mission
Tomato Products― most all canned tomatoes, stewed tomatoes– hunts, Heinz, Contadina. Not tomato soup
Tuna― Chicken of the Sea, Star-Kist
Underwood Deviled ham spread
Vegetables― Fresh, canned, frozen (plain) – be careful- some frozen and canned vegetables with sauces (butter sauce included) are not gluten free
Waffles― Van’s Gluten-Free Frozen – they make both gluten free and gluten containing so be careful.
Worcestershire Sauce― French’s, lea and perrin’s – avoid Heinz
Yogurt― Yoplait, Stonyfield Farms, Dannon (plain) some Yoplait flavored yogurts are gluten free and say so on container if it doesn’t say so, it isn’t gluten free in the Yoplait brand.
Wal-Mart Great Value brand items produced in a gluten-free facility will be labeled gluten free.
Keep in mind that formulas constantly change, so always read the label to make sure the item is still gluten-free.
Bacon― Oscar Meyer or Hormel
Baked Beans― B & M, Bush’s Ranch Style
Baking Choc. Chips― Nestlé, Hershey’s Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips – Caution – carmel and butterscotch chips are not gluten-free.
Baking Powder― Calumet, Rumford
Barbecue Sauce― Sweet Baby Rays (all), KC Masterpiece (some flavors), cattleman’s
Beans― Bush’s (not chili beans or chili starter), Ranch style
Beef Stew― Dinty Moore
Broth/Soup Base― Kitchen Basics, Progresso, Swanson’s
Cold Cuts (packaged) ― Boar’s Head (Bologna, Ham, Roast Beef, Turkey), Buddig Sandwich Meats, Oscar Mayer, Hormel Natural Choice Deli meats
Bouillon Cubes― Herb-Ox
Candy Bars― Snickers, Almond Joy, Mounds, Payday, M & M’s – plain & peanut, Baby Ruth, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups (except when in holiday shapes), Hershey Kisses, Butterfinger
Carnation Instant Breakfast – except malt flavor
Catsup― Heinz & Del Monte
Cheese― Most cheese is gluten free. You have to be careful with cheese spreads
Chili― Hormel with Beans - only the one with beans is gluten free, stagg chili
Chips― Cheetos, Cool Ranch Doritos, Corn Tostitos, Fritos (except Chili Cheese), Ruffles, Lundgren, mission, Xochitl tortilla chips , Fungyuns, Lays or ruffles regular potato chips (not flavored, not baked)
Coffee & Tea― flavored may contain gluten, otherwise it is gluten free
Cottage Cheese― most all plain cottage cheese
Crab― Leg-A-Sea Imitation avoid other imitation crab, fresh crab is fine
Cream Cheese― Philadelphia Cream Cheese
Cream Style Corn― Green Giant, Del Monte canned.
Dips― Tostitoes - Creamy Salsa, Creamy Spinach Dip, Creamy Southwestern Ranch Dip,
Monterey Jack Queso, Salsa Con Queso, Spicy Nacho Cheese Dip, Spicy Queso Supreme, Lays bean dip.
Dry Cereal― Erewhon’ s Crispy Brown Rice, Health Valley Rice Crunch Ems, Corn Crunch Ems; General Mills Rice Chex , Nature’s Path Cornflakes, Amaranth Flakes, Envirokidz Peanut Butter Panda Puffs, Amazon Frosted Flakes, Koala Crisp, Gorilla Munch; Perky O’s, fruity pebbles, trix, honey nut chex and other new chex cereals, Cocoa Pebbles
Dry Soup Mix― Lipton Dry Onion original only
Eggs – all fresh eggs are gluten-free, as are eggbeaters
Fruit― canned and fresh
Gelatin― Jell-O, Knox
Frozen Dinners―
Amy’s- frozen Cheese Enchilada dinner
Smart Ones-Broccoli & Cheddar Potatoes, Lemon Herb Chicken Piccata, Fiesta Chicken, Santa Fe Rice & Beans, Creamy Tuscan Chicken, Grilled Chicken in Garlic Herb Sauce, Home-Style Chicken, Chicken Santa Fe.
TGI Fridays - potato skins,
Jennie-O frozen or refrigerated - Oven Ready Turkey Breast (the gravy packet does contain gluten), Oven Ready Turkey: Homestyle, Garlic & Herb, Pan Roasts with Gravy: White, White/Dark Combo, Prime Young Turkey including Turkey Breasts; fresh or frozen (the gravy packet does contain gluten), Refrigerated Honey Cured Turkey Ham, Refrigerated Qtr Turkey Breasts: Oven Roasted, Honey Cured, Hickory Smoked, Cracked Pepper, Cajun-Style, Sun-Dried Tomato, Refrigerated Turkey Ham, Smoked Turkey Wings and Drumsticks, Slow Roasted Turkey Breast
Ground Beef ― 100% Pure – be careful with patties. Wal-Mart angus beef plain patties are gluten-free
Ham Slices― Cook’s, Oscar Meyer
Hot Dogs― Nathan’s, Hillshire, Oscar Meyer
Ice Cream (no cookie dough) ― (most vanilla ice cream is gluten free) Blue Bunny, Edy’s, Breyers, blue bell
Jams, Jellies & Preserves― Smucker’s, Welch’s
Ketchup- Heinz , Delmonte
Mayonnaise― Hellmann's Real, Kraft real, Kraft miracle whip and Duke’s squeeze bottles if others in house eat gluten
Mustard― French’s, Gulden’s, Grey Poupon country Dijon
Nuts― Plain/ salted, no flavors
Oil― Olive, Peanut, Canola, Safflower, Corn, coconut (unflavored oils)
Olives – plain olives are gluten free - stuffed olives may vary
Pam spray – regular, not baking pam
Pasta― Tinkyada, Notta Pasta, De Boles, Lundgren, schar
Peanut Butter― Jif, Peter Pan, Skippy
Pepperoni― Hormel
Potatoes – all fresh - plus the following frozen: Oreida potatoes – French fries, tater tots, Golden Patties, Golden Fries, Golden Crinkles, Pixie Crinkles , Cottage Fries, Southern Style Hash Browns, Country Style Steak Fries, Zesty Twirls, Potatoes O'Brien, French Fries, Country Style Hashbrowns, Steam N' Mash Cut Russets, Steam N' Mash Cut Sweet Potatoes, Steam N' Mash Garlic Seasoned Potatoes, Golden Twirls, Zesties, Steak Fries, Shoestrings, Country Style Hashbrowns, Crispers, Waffle Fries, Extra Crispy Crinkle Cut, Extra Crispy Seasoned Crinkle Cut, Extra Crispy Fast Food Fries, Country Fries, Fast Food Fries, Sweet Potato Fries.
Instant mashed potatoes from Sam’s – big red box (Idahoan)
Some walmart great value au gratin potatoes are gluten free and marked as such on the back of the box.
Powdered Drink Mixes― Country Time, Crystal Light
Pudding― Jell-O Instant, Cook & Serve
Pasta Sauces― all Classico, Prego, Ragu, & Pace - Check labels.
Pickles and olives― all are gluten free as far as I know just check the label
Pie Fillings― Comstock & Wilderness
Pizza Sauce― I use pasta sauce(Classico) and just cook it to thicken a bit - Contadina, Dei Fratelli
Popcorn― Plain – you can add popcorn salt such as Kraft cheese powder
Raisins― Dole, Sun Maid
Ranch style beans
Rice― Plain rice is gluten free flavored rice may or may not be gluten free - Basmati, Jasmine, white, brown, wild, Uncle Bens converted – not all the flavored but some.
Rice Cakes― Lundgren – avoid Quakers – popcorn cakes are an alternative - Orville Redenbacher's Sour Cream & Onion Popcorn Mini Cakes
Rice Noodles― Thai Kitchen Instant, Notta Pasta
Salad Dressings― Most ranch and Caesar dressings are gluten-free. Ken’s, Kraft, Light house, T Marzetti, Maries.
Sausage – Jimmy dean regular, Italian, or country. Williams patties, JC Potter Hormel little sizzlers breakfast sausages (original)
Salads in a Bag― I don’t buy it if there are croutons, even in a separate pouch, otherwise, they are fine.
Seasoned Salt― Lawry’s, Mrs. Dash
Seasoning Packet― Williams’s chili, McCormick’s Tex-mex chili and Original Taco seasoning.
Soda― Most mainstream soda pop is gluten free. Rootbeer can be the exception along with specialty drinks. Coke & Pepsi Products, sprite, 7-up, Barq’s Root Beer, A&W rootbeer, Dr. Pepper, Mountain Dew are all good.
Soft Serve Ice Cream (in a cup no cone) ― McDonald’s (all flavors), Dairy Queen (vanilla and chocolate) Frosty from Wendy’s all flavors
Soups― Progresso (many are gluten-free. Ingredient label will state allergens), Thai Kitchen Soups, Hormel® Microwaveable Cup Bean & Ham Soup, Hormel® Microwaveable Cup Chicken With Vegetables & Rice Soup
Sour Cream― Daisy, Morning Glory
Soy Sauce― La Choy
Spam
Spices― McCormick’s Pure read labels on mixed spices they will clearly list any gluten.
Spreads― most Butter and margarines, Blue Bonnet, I can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, Country Crock, Fleischmann’s, Imperial margarines
Summer Sausage― Johnsonville, Old Wisconsin, Hillshire
Syrups― pure maple syrup, Karo , log cabin country kitchen – this is the only safe log cabin.
Taco Sauce― Chi Chi’s , taco bell
Taco Shells and corn tortillas― Ortega Tostada, White Corn, mission
Tomato Products― most all canned tomatoes, stewed tomatoes– hunts, Heinz, Contadina. Not tomato soup
Tuna― Chicken of the Sea, Star-Kist
Underwood Deviled ham spread
Vegetables― Fresh, canned, frozen (plain) – be careful- some frozen and canned vegetables with sauces (butter sauce included) are not gluten free
Waffles― Van’s Gluten-Free Frozen – they make both gluten free and gluten containing so be careful.
Worcestershire Sauce― French’s, lea and perrin’s – avoid Heinz
Yogurt― Yoplait, Stonyfield Farms, Dannon (plain) some Yoplait flavored yogurts are gluten free and say so on container if it doesn’t say so, it isn’t gluten free in the Yoplait brand.
Wal-Mart Great Value brand items produced in a gluten-free facility will be labeled gluten free.
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